The WORST episodes of Beetlejuice

Every episode of Beetlejuice ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Beetlejuice!

Based on the movie, created by Tim Burton, this series is focused on Beetlejuice and Lydia teamed up to carry on multiple exciting adventures. Beetlejuice is a liar who cheats at everything. The deceased maniacal and energetic transformer always goes around having fun, breaking every rule and law. Lydia Deetz is a social outcast and a goth. Always dressed in black, she loves horror movies, and is Beetlejuice's best friend. She is calm and level-headed.

Last Updated: 7/12/2025Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
Scarecrow
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0.00
0 votes

#1 - Scarecrow

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/27/1990

Beetlejuice takes a job as a scarecrow at a beetle farm.

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A-Ha!
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4.75
4 votes

#2 - A-Ha!

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/20/1990

When Doomie disappears BJ becomes the famed Neitherworld detective Sherlock Homely in order to track him down.

Directors: Robin Budd
Writer: J.D. Smith
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Back to School Ghoul
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5.00
3 votes

#3 - Back to School Ghoul

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1991

Beetlejuice's license to drive people crazy is revoked, as he didn't finish Kindergarten. Then, Lydia must help him out in order to graduate from Kindergarten and win his license back.

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Spooky Boo-tique
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5.50
6 votes

#4 - Spooky Boo-tique

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1990

Lydia's creepy fashions gain the girls a spot in the Peaceful Pines Mondo Mall -- only no one's interested. So Mr. Beetleman sends a message over the airwaves...

Directors: Robin Budd
Writer: Tony Marino
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Uncle B.J.'s Roadhouse
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6.00
1 votes

#5 - Uncle B.J.'s Roadhouse

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/27/1990

Beetlejuice hosts a morbid Pee-wee's Playhouse-esque children's show.

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Brides of Funkenstein
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6.00
1 votes

#6 - Brides of Funkenstein

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/19/1991

It's the Battle Of the Bands: Lydia's band, The Brides of Funkenstein, and Clare's band, The Clarenettes. Which band will get to perform at the annual girl's/boy's school mixer?

The Really Odd Couple
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6.33
3 votes

#7 - The Really Odd Couple

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/20/1990

When Beetlejuice blows up the Monster Across the Street's house, he is obligated to take the Monster and Poopsie in (or Jacques and Ginger will rat him out). Desperate to rid himself of his unwanted roommates, BJ even tries rebuilding the Monster's house for him -- only to find out that the Monster likes the Roadhouse! What will BJ do?

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Recipe for Disaster
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6.33
3 votes

#8 - Recipe for Disaster

Season 4 - Episode 40 - Aired 11/1/1991

Lydia's Caesar salad comes to life and attempts to take over the Neitherworld with his legion of surly vegetables. Can BJ and Lydia usurp Caesar and get the rightful rulers of Aroma back on the throne?

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Goody Two Shoes
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6.33
3 votes

#9 - Goody Two Shoes

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/10/1991

It's 'Good Neighbor Day' in the Neitherworld, when being nice is a law. Of course, BJ won't stand for it, and causes trouble...which lures in Goody Two Shoes, a Fairy from the Bureau of Sweetness and Prissiness (BSnP). With a wave of her wand, Goody turns everyone into denizens of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood--what a fate!

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Doomie's Romance
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6.50
2 votes

#10 - Doomie's Romance

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1991

Doomie falls in love with the Mayor's pink car (which Doomie dubs 'Pinky'). The down side is, Pinky isn't alive like Doomie. Besides that, both Beetlejuice and Mayor Maynot are adamantly against the relationship. How can this story possibly have a happy ending?

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Mom's Best Friend
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6.50
2 votes

#11 - Mom's Best Friend

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1991

When Beetlejuice is collared while in dog form, he gets stuck that way. Lydia calls him to the Outerworld where Delia promptly adopts him as the dog she always wanted.

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How Green is My Gallery
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6.67
3 votes

#12 - How Green is My Gallery

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/16/1991

Delia's art is a flop in Peaceful Pines, so Delia and BJ decide to take her to a Neitherworld art colony, where her art will be truly appreciated. But with the good comes the bad!

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It's the Pits
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7.00
8 votes

#13 - It's the Pits

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/11/1989

Beetlejuice makes it big as an armpit musician, and throws his friends out in the cold.

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Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice
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7.00
9 votes

#14 - Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/21/1989

Beetlejuice's neighbours kick him out, so he tries to be a 'good neighbour.' But unfortunately, Beetlejuice's idea of a good neighbour isn't quite the same one his friends have. It looks like Beetlejuice is out of a place to stay-until he proves to the others that there is one thing that he's good for.

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Scare and Scare Alike
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7.00
4 votes

#15 - Scare and Scare Alike

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1990

It's Scary Fool's Day in the Neitherworld and Beetlejuice and Lydia are trying to outdo each other.

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Spitting Image
star
7.00
3 votes

#16 - Spitting Image

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1991

When BJ gets split while in amoebae form, Lydia suddenly finds herself in double the weirdness as usual. And it just goes to prove that no one can get along with Beetlejuice, not even himself.

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The Miss Beauty-Juice Pageant
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7.00
1 votes

#17 - The Miss Beauty-Juice Pageant

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/1/1991

Beetlejuice wants to enter the First Neitherworld Beauty Pageant (the prize is a Ton O' Cash), but is turned down because he's a man. Determined to win the prize, BJ launches a ""Men Are Beautiful Too"" campaign, closely followed by a ""Disgusting Is Beautiful Too"" campaign. Finally, the pageant is opened to everybody. But if everybody is in the pageant, who's left to even watch it?

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Them Bones, Them Bones, Them Funny Bones
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7.00
3 votes

#18 - Them Bones, Them Bones, Them Funny Bones

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/8/1991

Lydia is to MC at her school's talent night, but she's afraid she isn't funny enough. So--BJ lends her his funny bone. But what's Beetlejuice without a funny bone??

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Cabin Fever
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7.00
1 votes

#19 - Cabin Fever

Season 4 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/18/1991

After spending all day curing Lydia of her measles, Beetlejuice gets Cabin Fever--and then is quarantined to the Roadhouse. How can Lydia help BJ get over Cabin Fever if they can't go outside? They'll think of something!

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Mr. Beetlejuice Goes to Town
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7.00
1 votes

#20 - Mr. Beetlejuice Goes to Town

Season 4 - Episode 33 - Aired 10/23/1991

When Mayor Maynot threatens to tear down the Roadhouse to make room for a new superhighway, Beetlejuice runs for office--and wins. But it is soon apparent that BJ is an even more corrupt mayor than the last one, and it's up to his friends to get him de-elected before he gets too out of hand.

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In the Schticks
star
7.00
1 votes

#21 - In the Schticks

Season 4 - Episode 39 - Aired 10/31/1991

When Beetlejuice and Lydia pull a scam, Lydia gets sentenced to washing dishes at The Last Resort Resort on the River Schticks. Beetlejuice, haunted by memories of his Uncle Sid and Aunt Irma, who used to take him to the Last Resort Resort when he was a baby, rushes to Lydia's rescue. Can they survive the awful jokes that abound everywhere on the River Schticks?

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The Birdbrain of Alcatraz
star
7.00
1 votes

#22 - The Birdbrain of Alcatraz

Season 4 - Episode 47 - Aired 11/12/1991

Scuzzo frames Beetlejuice for stealing bad jokes, and gets him sent to The Big House. It's up to Lydia to gather up the evidence she needs to spring Beetlejuice--and then to get the Governor to listen to her story. Meanwhile, BJ copes with afterlife under the disturbingly nurturing watch of Warden June Cleaver.

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Don't Beetlejuice and Drive
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7.00
2 votes

#23 - Don't Beetlejuice and Drive

Season 4 - Episode 57 - Aired 11/26/1991

BJ and Doomie are caught distributing phony driver's licenses and sent to traffic school. But BJ's got a plan to escape, and winds up as...a hero?

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Gold Rush Fever
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7.00
1 votes

#24 - Gold Rush Fever

Season 4 - Episode 60 - Aired 11/29/1991

BJ is bitten by the gold bug (yes, literally), and contracts the dreaded Gold Fever. He must find some gold or he'll never get well. But a claim jumper has his eye on BJ's prospect...Can Lydia, Jacques and Doomie save him?

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Relatively Pesty
star
7.00
1 votes

#25 - Relatively Pesty

Season 4 - Episode 61 - Aired 12/2/1991

Beetlejuice inadvertently turns some ants into his Aunts--Auntie Pasto, Auntie Social, Auntie Septic, and Honey Aunt. The Aunts promptly begin getting Beetlejuice and Lydia into trouble (more than usual, anyway). If BJ can't get rid of them pronto, his landlord will throw him out.

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